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Spain’s top court calls NSO Group CEO to testify in spying case

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High Court judge to travel to Israel to question Shalev Hulio amid probe into the use of Pegasus in hacking scandal.

Spain’s High Court has called the chief executive officer of Israel’s software firm NSO Group to testify as a witness in a case concerning the hacking of the mobile phones of top politicians with software that was developed by the firm.

Judge Jose Luis Calama will travel to Israel to question Shalev Hulio as part of a so-called rogatory commission to investigate the use of Pegasus, the court said on Tuesday in a statement.

No date was given for the testimony and there was no immediate comment from the NSO Group or Hulio.

The court’s announcement came after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said last month that Spain will “strengthen judicial control” over its secret services in the...

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